Improvement in machines for tendering steaks



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MACHINE Fon mmmme smxs. Ny. 184.872.. P aaaa tea mv.. za. 1876.

rrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JONES, OF SAPPINGTON, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOAUGUSTUS J. DAVIS, OF SAME PLAOE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR TENDERING STEAK S Speoification forming partof Lettere PatentNo. l 84,872. dated November 28, 1876; applicationfiled oetqbef 10, 1816.

- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J oNEs, ofSappington, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Machine for Tendering Steaks, of whichthe following' is a full, clear, and exaot description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My iinprovement consists of a lever to which are attached a number ofbl-ades, which pro- ]'ect through slots in a plate when the lever isforced downward, so as to carry the cutters through the steak, theslotted plate retreating and compressing springs, which as the lever islifted (to draw the cutters from the steak) force the plate down thecutters and prevent them from raising the steak With them. The lever isfulcrumed to a tixed bed or table, While the steak is laid upon a boardmovahle on said table.

In the drawings, Figure 1 .is a perspective view of my machine. Fig; 2is a section through the cutters and spring-plate.

A is the bed-plate, and B B are brackets thereon, through which passesthe pintle-pin O forming the hinge-pivot, and Which passes through theends D of the lever DD', Dl being the handle of the same. From the underside of the lever project the cutters E arrauged preferably parallel toone another, as shown. F is a plate having a number ofv slots, f,through which the cutters pass downward in entering the steak, the,slotted plate lying on .the top of the steak, and being forced againstthe same by the spiral springs G, whose lower ends hear upon theslottedv plate, and whose uper ends have bearing against the lower sideof the lever D D'. These Springs surround .guide-pins, whose lower endsare fixed in the slotted plate F, and whoseupper portions slide in earsprojecting at d from the lever D D'..

His the movable board, which is laid upon the bed or table A beneath thesteak, to furnish ready means for moving the steak beneath the cutters,'so as to bring a fresh part to be acted on by the cutters.

I claim that my tenderer is much more I valuable than thelarge class ofsteak-mashers the cuts will become seared with the heat, and

will close and retain the. juice.

It is also a matter of no little importance to avoid the violent 'blowsused with the crushers, as the lond noise is objectionable and the blowsdestroy the furniture.

My machine is rapid in its work, and noiseless, and with it the steakmay be cut completely through with each stroke..

I claim- The combination in a meat-tenderer of the the lever D D',cutters E, and slotted springplate F, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

I THOMAS JONES. Witnesses SAML. KNIGHT, AUGUs'rUs J. DAVIS.

